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So much is happening! Articles, interviews, live presentations…..and most exciting of all, publication of my new book, Family by Choice: Platonic Partnered Parenting.

More on my book shortly. But first I want to make a very important point.

I have no illusions that all this media attention is about “me” personally. There’s interest in me because there’s great interest in all the new possibilities for conceiving and raising children beyond the traditional paradigm. With twenty-four years of experience in partnered parenting and everything I’ve been able to learn about alternative families, I’m definitely an excellent resource of practical information. Thousands of would-be parents need that information, and I’m glad that I so many opportunities to share it. That’s what makes me happy about all the coverage I’ve been getting. …

“Family partnering” can be defined as the creation of a family bond between two unrelated family cohorts, one side providing gametes or embryos to another wishing to become parents. This celebratory blend of biology and parenting allows both sides to…

It’s been an exciting week. The New York Times ran a long article on alternative families, and my own partnered family was featured in a spot on ABC News with Diane Sawyer. All this got Rush Limbaugh’s attention and he…

ABC World News with Diane Sawyer interviewed us all! I wrote an article called “How Diane Sawyer Will Help Me Have a Baby” about my appearance on ABC World News. See it here on Mom.me. They started putting this story…

Recently I had the pleasure of being interviewed by two very bright doctoral students from UCLA and USC. They’re researching the growing community of people seeking and creating parenting partnerships. This research can shed new light on the dynamics…

This article reads like a summary from a university lecture but with much better writing. This overview covers the ever-popular “blended family,” as well as single and unmarried families, two career families, immigrating and arranged families, and everything in between.…

“Wantology” and the Decision for Partnered Parenting: Imaginary constraints, critical thinking and arriving at what you actually want in a family – and a partner Wantology took quite a beating in the press last year. It was held up as…